>>>>> Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org>
>>>>> on Sat, 8 Jun 2013 11:22:56 -0500 writes:
> Summary:
> The directory /usr/local/lib/R/site-library can be used for site-wide
> multi-user installations of R.
> This is even the default on Debian and Ubuntu (following a suggestion by
> Kurt and Fritz a decade ago over beers -- what could be better). However,
> R enforces wrong permissions on directories and files there (removing
> group-write) which effectively defeats this purpose, and breaks multiuser
> installation: if Tom, Dick and Harry are members of group 'r-users', each
> one can install in the directory, but neither can _upgrade_ a package
> installed by one of the others.
> I would like to correct this.
> Details:
[..........]
> Proposal:
> Add a new option() [with a to-be-determined name] which, if enabled, turns
> on group-write modes for files and directories, ie "664" and "775".
[.........]
> I would be happy to write such a patch (including documentation updates)
if
> someone from R Core can signal willigness to look at it.
"signal!"
:-)
Regards,
Martin
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